Sunoo washed his hands by the sink, adjusting the hairs on his forehead to make himself look extra good lucking.

"Nothing, you're cute."

Sunoo gasped and slapped himself, making the other boys in the restroom looked at him weirdly. Sunoo bit his lip and furrowed his eyebrows whilst looking at his red cheeks from the mirror in front him.

He can't have me on that costume as his lockscreen anymore..

right?

Sunoo shook the water off his hands and pushed the restroom door open to see Runa's figure leaning on the wall, making him startled and put his hand on his chest.

"Good morning,

Sunoo."

Runa spoke his name more sternly than usual, and Sunoo looked at her blankly, but covered it with a smile.

Don't be rude Sunoo, Runa might have changed now. She probably isn't the same person anymore as Niki described.

"Good morning, Runa! Did you enjoy the festival last weekend?" Sunoo asked happily, moving away to not block the restroom enterance.

"Hm, yeah. Bet you did too?" She smirked, making Sunoo puff his cheeks.

"E-eh, yeah I guess, that costume was itchy though ehe." Sunoo rubbed the back of his nape, not knowing where Runa really is talking about.

"Where was Niki that day?" 

Sunoo lifted his head up and raised his eyebrows, mentally screaming.

"A-ah, p-probably basketball practice?" Sunoo lied, not wanting to say Niki was with him since he was shy to let anyone know. Runa hummed as a response.

"Why though?" Sunoo asked.

"Hm well, I was gonna give him a little present. For being such a good friend."

Good friend my ass, Sunoo thought, not understanding why he was angry.

"A-ah.."

Was it because Runa was acting innocent or was it because he's jealous?

Jealous? What should he be jealous for? Even he himself was he confused. It's not like he liked...Niki..

"Well, I'm going now. Take care." She said with the most sarcastic enthusiasm she could bring, patting Sunoo's shoulder on her way.

Calm down Sunoo, she's different now, control yourself.

-

Niki sat on his seat, placing his head in his arms with sleepy eyes.

Until someone knocked on his desk.

Niki flickered his eyes and lifted his head up to see Runa smiling.

"Get out." Niki coldly spoke 2 rude words, and before he could rest his head again, Runa showed him her phone, making Niki squint his eyes.

"Where-"

"Did I get this? Easy. Took a picture of it. How cute, right? Mind if I show this to the whole school?" Runa smirked, moving her phone around as the male glared at her.

Niki stood up and slammed his hands on his desk, clicking his tongue and cracking his neck from anger.

"What did Sunoo ever do to you?" Niki spoke.

"Hm, let's see. He stole you from me?" She smiled.

"I was never yours, and I never will." 

"But, why are you getting so worked up? It's just a picture of you close to Sunoo, did you perhaps..kiss him?" Runa teased, and it was pulling Niki's last straw.

"You know damn well that if you release that picture, it'll crush Sunoo, you know how sensitive he is."

"Hm, isn't that a bigger reason on why I should release it? You're fast, Nishimura." 

Runa chuckled, making Niki scoff and grab her phone, throwing it on the floor, causing it to break as Runa's breath hitched.

"And you wonder why I'll never forive you. Hurt Sunoo, and it'll be the last time you breath." Niki threatened her before kicking a few desks out of the way and heading out of the classroom.

Runa stood there dumbfounded, picking her broken phone up as to she scoffed.

"You piece of shit."

-

Sunoo placed the dodgeballs on the basket peacefully, humming. His physical education teacher instructed him to collect all the balls and being the kind guy he is, he accepted the job kindly.

Sunoo threw a ball, giggling that the ball went inside the basket, jogging to pick other balls up.

The metal doors suddenly opened, as Sunoo lifted his head and saw Runa.

Phew, Keep calm Sunoo, keep calm.

"Hey Runa!" Sunoo waved at her as she walked towards him.

"Do you need anything?" He asked with a smile on his face, suddenly seeing that her facial expressions weren't the best looking.

"How?" She spoke.

"How what?"

"How do you have the one person that I love wrapped around your finger?" Runa's tone seemed furious, making Sunoo confused. Was she talking about Niki?

"I don't know what you mean-"

"Niki. You like Niki, don't you?" Those words caught Sunoo off guard. Did his friends tell her? No, his friends weren't bad.

"I-I don't follow-"

Runa pushed the basket off, causing the balls to scatter on the floor again. Tears started to fill up in her eyes.

"I love Niki. I loved him before you. He loved me, he always did. Then you came and..I-It seems like he loves you better than me. Better yet, he said he hates me. Do you have any idea that Niki is the only person that gives me happiness? Do you have any idea that..with you living, I feel like dying everyday. I can't bare to see Niki smile so lovely at you. What do you have that I don't?!" She cried her heart out, as Sunoo's knuckles hardened behind him.

"If you haven't hurt him when you were kids, maybe he'd be still be the Niki you loved. Maybe he'd still be in Japan, maybe he'd still be friends with you. Do you know how much pain you've caused him? For years, he's been insecure of himself. And now that he has a better life, you just come and ruin it again. I liked you, Runa. But ever since Niki told me what you did to him, I couldn't help but think if you really are like that. You don't love Niki. And he surely won't love you back-" 

Sunoo's words got cut off with Runa's hand getting in contact with his cheek, his red cheek showing.

"How do you know that? Because he loves you? Because you're my replacement? Fuck you. You're disgusting. You took away my happiness, YOU TOOK AWAY THE LOVE OF MY LIFE!" Runa panted as slapped Sunoo again, as Sunoo fell from how much strength she put into her actions.

"If the world finds out you like him, what will happen to you? Everyone will hate you. You were going down, and you had to bring a perfect person down with you. I saw you and Niki at the festival. He was about to kiss you. Poor him. Falling for someone with the likes of you. Niki will never love you. Wanna know why?

Cause he likes girls."

Sunoo's eyes averted to Runa's, gulping hard. It affected him, her words. So did he like Niki? He somewhat did.

"Yeah, you heard me right. Niki will never like you. You're a boy. So stay away from him. Niki's parents will not support your love for him. Your mom will hate you. Your dad will hate you-"

"I don't have..a dad."

Sunoo spoke, his eyes getting heavy and looking down.

"D-don't bring my dad up. Hurt me or whatever, just..don't."

Runa scoffed and laughed at his 'pathetic words'.

"No wonder." She kneeled on his level as she saw Sunoo's tears falling.

"Your dad...hates you." 

Sunoo squinted his eyes, tears falling even more with his father brought up. Runa smirked and stood up, kicking a ball that went right on Sunoo's stomach, making the boy whimper.

"Weak. Always smiling, but hiding pain deep down. You're pathetic." 

Those were Runa's last words before leaving the gym, leaving Sunoo crawled up and crying on the floor.

I hate myself. I hate Niki. I hate living. 

She's right, Niki will never love me. I'm horrible. Niki's too good for me. I'm weak.

Pathetic. I'm pathetic. I really am.

-

"Okay! That's all for today, go home and get some rest!"

"Yes sir!"

The varsity basketball team bowed to their coach, fixing their things and leaving with their gym bags around their arms.

"Hey, you going home?" Jay nudged Niki's arm, as Niki shook his head.

"Nope, not yet."

"Why? Going on a date with Sunoo?" Jay teased, making Niki smile.

"Hm, no, more like walking him home." Jay smirked and wrapped his arms around Niki. wiping fake tears.

"Oh Niki boy, you're grown up now."

"Hyung stop." Niki chuckled, grabbing his gym bag.

"What about you? Going on a date with Jungwon?"

"You bet." Jay winked, making Niki laugh.

"Aight, I'll get going." Niki waved at Jay, leaving the gym with his gym bag.

Niki walked around the halls and looked out the window, smiling at the vlue slight grey sky.

"Should I bring an umbrella? He might get sick if it rains.." Niki sighed, hearing the school speaker suddenly make a sound.

"How?" The speaker spoke, making Niki look at it. Was someone talking through the audio monitor?

"How what?" 

That..That sounds like Sunoo's voice, Niki thought.

"How do you have the one person that I love wrapped around your finger?"

"I don't know what you mean-"

"Niki. You like Niki, don't you?" 

Niki's breath hitched, his name echoing through the speakers. He recognized those voices. Sunoo and Runa.

"I-I don't follow-"

"If the world finds out you like him, what will happen to you? Everyone will hate you. You were going down, and you had to bring a perfect person down with you. I saw you and Niki at the festival. He was about to kiss you. Poor him. Falling for someone with the likes of you. Niki will never love you. Wanna know why?

Cause he likes girls."

"Shit." Niki cursed under his breath, dropping his gym bag and running to the radio station room.

"Yeah, you heard me right. Niki will never like you. You're a boy. So stay away from him. Niki's parents will not support your love for him. Your mom will hate you. Your dad will hate you-"

"I don't have..a dad."

Students around the school whispered to each other, the boy walking in the hallways looking down, listening to his disgusting voice through the speakers.

"D-don't bring my dad up. Hurt me or whatever, just..don't."

"No wonder."

Niki kicked the radio station's room door open, seeing Runa hold her phone through the mic, smirking.

"Your dad...hates you."

"HARUNA ATSUKO!" 

Sunoo lifted his head up and looked at the speakers, sniffling.

"T-that's Niki's voice.." Sunoo mumbled.

"Weak. Always smiling, but hiding pain deep down. You're pathe-" 

Niki pulled the phone out of Runa's grip, throwing it down on the floor causing it to crack, the students around the school being able to hear it.

"Oh, Hi Niki, just ended the show-"

"You're a fucking monster. I hate you. You're ruining someone's life. You're ruining the poor boy's reputation. HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF THAT HAPPENED TO YOU?" 

Students whispered, hearing Niki shout his lungs at Runa, as Sunoo stood there shook, tears filling up again.

"But, it didn't." Runa smirked.

"I will never love you. Not even for a milisecond. You are horrible."

"If I'm horrible then what is Sunoo?" Runa spoke, pulling Niki's last straw as he slapped her, students gasping, hearing the slap from the speakers.

"Sunoo's amazing. He's so much better than you. He's smart, he's kind, he's bubbly, he's loving, he's bright, he's open minded, he's so many things you can't be. You can't talk bad about a person who's never done anything bad to you. Talk shit about me, I don't care. But not to Sunoo. He didn't do anything. Sunoo is and will always be

The one I love. And I won't allow you to ruin the life of the person of who'm I love."

Students gasped, some squealing and some judging Sunoo and Niki. THE Nishimura Riki, the school heartthrob, loves a BOY ?!

Sunoo squinted his eyes as tears started to fall, his own feet dragging him away, his own fist hitting his chest.

STOP BEATING, PLEASE!

Sunoo mentally begged his heart to stop beating. He wanted to die. To stop beating for life, to stop beating for Niki.

Everything from his childhood came back, the trauma from his dad, the judgemental voices in his head, it's all coming back, it made him want to scream.

"WOAH!" 

Heeseung catched Sunoo by his waist, preventing him from running away. He saw the boy crying, he as well heard Niki and Runa's words through the speaker.

"HYUNG, LET ME GO!"

"Calm down, Sunoo. Brea-"

"I SAID LET ME GO!" Sunoo pushed himself out of Heeseung's grip, running out of every building, holding his hands on his ears to prevent himself from hearing everything going on.

"You can't like him! He's a boy!" Runa screamed at Niki, as Niki twisted the door knob.

"At least it's so much better than liking someone like you. Go to hell."

Niki ran out and looked for Sunoo, asking students on where he probably might have run to.

Sunoo, I'm sorry.

Sunoo, forgive me please.

Sunoo, I hope you're okay.

Sunoo, let me comfort you.

Sunoo, you were there for me, let me be there for you now.

Sunoo, I love you.

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